Representatives with the nonprofit told KRCR home hardening includes cleaning out your gutters, replacing wooden fences with ...

The handcrafted doors and windows were ... built with fire-resistant magnesium oxide board (MgO) and foam-core insulation. The home has been sealed to preserve fresh air and minimize dust, and ...

SAN DIEGO — In a La Jolla backyard, a University of San Diego professor has created what might be the future of California housing: a fire-resistant home assembled in just three days.

And homeowners should also consider the home's windows. Dual pane windows with tempered glass are fire-resistant and much stronger than regular windows.

Amid the ruin of charred homes and blackened hillsides left devastated by the Palisades Fire, stands a home that held out ... Inflation falls, opening door for February rate cut Rock from ...

Owners cleared brush away from their stucco house that has a fire-resistant roof and multi-pane windows that blocked the flames. This house in Paradise was the first home to receive the Wildfire ...

Karina Maher and Michael Kovac, an architect, built their Los Angeles home with fire-resistant and sustainable features. When the Palisades fire broke out, their house remained intact while others ...

Home hardening, on the other hand, involves retrofitting and constructing buildings with fire-resistant materials, such as ember-resistant vents, fireproof roofs and tempered glass windows.

FILE - The Palisades Fire ravages a neighborhood amid high winds in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File) ...